Cloaked science: the Yan reports

References

• Aiyappa, V. (2020, September 22). Wuhan wet market a smokescreen by Chinese government says virologist Dr. Li-Meng. Yahoo! News. https://in.news.yahoo.com/wuhan-wet-market-smokescreen-chinese-024117205.html
   Google Scholar
• Brouillette, M., & Renner, R. (2020, September 18). Why misinformation about COVID-19’s origins keeps going viral. National Geographic. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/09/coronavirus-origins-misinformation-yan-report-fact-check-cvd/
   Google Scholar
• Cohen, Z., Marquardt, A., Atwood, K., & Acosta, J. (2020, May 1). Trump contradicts US intel community by claiming he’s seen evidence coronavirus originated in Chinese lab. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/30/politics/trump-intelligence-community-china-coronavirus-origins/index.html
   Google Scholar
• Federman, D., & Engber, A. (2021, September 25). The lab-leak debate just got even messier. The Atlantic. https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2021/09/lab-leak-pandemic-origins-even-messier/620209/
   Google Scholar
• FOX News. (2020a, July 10). EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong scientist Dr. Li-Meng Yan told Fox News in an exclusive interview that she believes the Chinese government knew about the novel coronavirus well before it claimed it did. Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/FoxNews/posts/10159636053686336
   Google Scholar
• FOX News. (2020c, September 15). Coronavirus whistleblower speaks out about possible COVID origin on “Tucker.” FOX News. https://www.youtube.com/watch?vs=qFlqXPl_hZQ
   Google Scholar
• Geraghty, J. (2020, September 17). Dr. Li-Meng Yan’s Claims Call for Skepticism but Not Dismissal. National Review. https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/dr-li-meng-yans-claims-call-for-skepticism-but-not-dismissal/
   Google Scholar
• Healy, M. (2020, May 9). Was the coronavirus made in a Wuhan lab? Here’s what the genetic evidence shows. Los Angeles Times. https://www.latimes.com/science/story/2020-05-09/was-the-coronavirus-made-in-a-wuhan-lab-heres-what-the-genetic-evidence-shows
   Google Scholar
• HKU responds to the media concerning a former staff member’s TV interview. (2020, July 11). The University of Hong Kong. https://www.hku.hk/press/press-releases/detail/21274.html
   Google Scholar
• Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security. (2020, September 21). In response: Yan et al preprint examinations of the origin of SARS-CoV-2. Center for Health Security. https://www.centerforhealthsecurity.org/our-work/pubs_archive/pubs-pdfs/2020/200921-in-response-yan.pdf
   Google Scholar
• Kasprak, A. (2020, April 1). The origins and scientific failings of the COVID-19 ‘bioweapon’ conspiracy theory. Snopes. https://www.snopes.com/news/2020/04/01/covid-19-bioweapon/
   Google Scholar
• Kuznia, R., Bronstein, S., Griffin, D., & Devine, C. (2020, October 21). How a Covid-19 origin theory backed by Bannon unraveled. CNN. https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/21/politics/coronavirus-lab-theory-yan-bannon-invs/index.html
   Google Scholar
• Loomes, P. (2020, September 17). Chinese virologist Dr Li-Meng Yan publishes report claiming COVID-19 was made in a lab. News.Com.Au. https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/chinese-defector-virologist-dr-limeng-yan-publishes-report-claiming-covid19-was-made-in-a-lab/news-story/36decb0c2bca253b696dec0cb665c970
   Google Scholar
• Loose Women. (2020, September 11). Virologist Dr. Li-Meng Yan claims Coronavirus lab “cover-up” made her flee China. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lq3_rsBJ9w
   Google Scholar
• Lopez, G. (2020, October 22). Trump on Covid-19: “I take full responsibility. It’s not my fault.” Vox. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2020/10/22/21529666/debate-trump-biden-coronavirus-responsibility-fault
   Google Scholar
• Majumder, M. S., & Mandl, K. D. (2020). Early in the epidemic: Impact of preprints on global discourse about COVID-19 transmissibility. The Lancet Global Health, 8(5), e627–e630. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30113-3
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Mcbreen, K. (2020, September 16). Breaking! Facebook censors tucker interview with Chinese scientist reporting China intentionally released Wuhan virus. Info Wars. https://archives.infowars.com/breaking-facebook-censors-tucker-interview-with-chinese-scientist-claiming-china-intentionally-released-wuhan-virus/.
   Google Scholar
• Micó, A. B. (2020, September 15). Covid-19 “genetically engineered to target humans.” AS.Com. https://en.as.com/en/2020/09/15/latest_news/1600196698_232755.html
   Google Scholar
• Mudrak, B. (2020, February). What are preprints, and how do they benefit authors? American Journal Experts. https://www.aje.com/arc/benefits-of-preprints-for-researchers/
   Google Scholar
• Murdock, J. (2020, September 16). Twitter suspends account of Chinese virologist who claimed coronavirus was made in a lab. Newsweek. https://www.newsweek.com/twitter-suspends-dr-li-meng-yan-wuhan-lab-coronavirus-covid19-1532193
   Google Scholar
• Qin, A., Wang, V., & Hakim, D. (2020, November 23). How Steve Bannon and a Chinese billionaire created a right-wing coronavirus media sensation. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/20/business/media/steve-bannon-china.html
   Google Scholar
• Sauter, M. (2017, April 11). Limn: The Illicit Aura of Information. Limn. https://limn.it/articles/the-illicit-aura-of-information/
   Google Scholar
• Sia, S. F., Yan, L.-M., Chin, A. W. H., Fung, K., Choy, K.-T., Wong, A. Y. L., Kaewpreedee, P., Perera, R. A. P. M., Poon, L. L. M., Nicholls, J. M., Peiris, M., & Yen, H.-L. (2020). Pathogenesis and transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in golden hamsters. Nature, 583(7818), 834–838. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-2342-5
   PubMed Web of Science ®Google Scholar
• Technology and Social Change Research Project. (2020, August 5). Methods. Media Manipulation Casebook. https://mediamanipulation.org/method
   Google Scholar
• The National Pulse. (2020, September 9). Raheem Kassam discusses the origin of the CCP Virus. https://www.youtube.com/watch?=FOJDZFQ9NiI&feature=emb_logo
   Google Scholar
• Timcast, I. R. L. (2021, June 22). Timcast IRL - GameStop stock apes WIN, Hedge Fund COLLAPSES w/Steve Bannon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B_nUUzvrjJQ
   Google Scholar
• Tucker, J. A., Guess, A., Barbera, P., Vaccari, C., Siegel, A., Sanovich, S., Stukal, D., & Nyhan, B. (2018). Social Media, Political Polarization, and Political Disinformation: A Review of the Scientific Literature (SSRN Scholarly Paper ID 3144139). Social Science Research Network.
   Google Scholar
• WION Web Team. (2020, September 22). “Chinese Communist Party’s money and power influence whole world”, Says virologist Dr Li-Meng Yan. WION. https://www.wionews.com/world/chinese-virologist-wion-exclusive-chinese-communist-partys-money-and-power-influence-whole-world-says-virologist-dr-li-meng-yan-329489
   Google Scholar
• Wu, K. J. (2020, October 13). Another ‘unfounded’ study on origins of virus spreads online. The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/13/technology/another-unfounded-study-on-origins-of-virus-spreads-online.html
   Google Scholar
• Yan, L.-M. (@DrLiMengYAN1). (2020, October 8). My second scientific report is published in zenodo. Twitter. https://twitter.com/DrLiMengYAN1/status/1314191600571031557
   Google Scholar
• Yan, L.-M., Kang, S., Guan, J., & Hu, S. (2020a). Unusual features of the SARS-CoV-2 genome suggesting sophisticated laboratory modification rather than natural evolution and delineation of its probable synthetic route. Zenodo. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4028830
   Google Scholar
• Yan, L.-M., Kang, S., Guan, J., & Hu, S. (2020b). SARS-CoV-2 is an unrestricted bioweapon: A truth revealed through uncovering a large-scale, organized scientific fraud. Zenodo. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4073131
   Google Scholar
• Zenodo and OpenAire. (2020, December). Interview with Zenodo and OpenAire [Personal communication].
   Google Scholar